People v. Wong
California Court of Appeal
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
ASHMANN-GERST, J.
The story of Leland Wong (Wong) is one of graft and hubris. Wrongly believing he could get away with lying, cheating and stealing, he ended up convicted of multiple crimes, including embezzling money (Pen. Code, § 487, subd. (a)), 1 accepting a bribe (§ 68), acting with a conflict of interest (Gov. Code, § 1090), and committing perjury (§ 118). He appeals and assigns error on the theory that the embezzlement convictions are barred by the statute of limitations, and the bribery, conflict of interest and perjury convictions are not supported by sufficient evidence. Among…
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